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Health newsfeed for Friday, March 7, 2014 ANCHOR LEAD: AS CANCER COSTS SKYROCKET, PATIENTS WANT TO BE INFORMED, ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Cancer care internationally is in crisis, with costs skyrocketing as demands for care also increase.  Now a new paper …

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Health newsfeed for Thursday, March 6, 2014 ANCHOR LEAD: SHOULD SPECIAL CENTERS BE DEVELOPED TO RECOVER ORGANS FOR TRANSPLANT? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS An organ recovery center in St. Louis has just published data revealing that when a center dedicated to …

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Health newsfeed for Wednesday, March 5, 2014 ANCHOR LEAD: PEOPLE WHO’VE DONATED A KIDNEY NEED NOT FEAR, ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Let’s say you’ve decided you’ll donate one of your kidneys.  What should you expect in terms of follow up in …

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Health newsfeed for Tuesday, March 4, 2014 ANCHOR LEAD: PEOPLE WHO DECIDE TO DONATE A KIDNEY SHOULD EXPECT A VERY THOROUGH WORKUP, ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS People who decide to allow one of their kidneys to be removed and transplanted into …

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Health newsfeed for Monday, March 3, 2014 ANCHOR LEAD: LIVE KIDNEY DONATION PRESENTS A VERY SMALL RISK TO THE DONOR, ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Live kidney donation, where a living donor chooses to allow one of their kidneys to be removed …

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